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Press Releases: The Best-Kept Secret To Free AdvertisingOne of the most underutilized and best kept secrets in effective marketing is the use of the Press Release. It is an easy, no-cost way to spread the word about your business. A well-written press release can be used to describe events, grand openings, new services you provide, new personnel, or even new products that you are using in your business....
What is a Mastermind Group and Why Should You Join One?You know what they say about free advice? It's worth every penny you pay for it! If we were to listen to everything that everybody told us, we would be all over the board with ideas. Let's face it: you don't know everything. Who do you listen to? Who do you trust? What makes person A's advice any better than person B's? If we all had crystal balls, the decisions we make might be much easier. Now it's time to enter the real world. Growing your cleaning business means you need the best advice available. Where do you get that from?...
The Grant Process for Cleaning CompaniesSo you want to start a cleaning service or expand your current one. You have the knowledge, skills, and ambition to do so, but are missing one thing -- money. Personally financing your business is often not an option. How about a loan? While a common choice for many people starting out, sometimes loans are not possible due to your circumstances or credit rating or for whatever reason. Plus, they have this built-in disadvantage: they have to be paid back!...
The cleaning business is one of the most obvious examples of what we call being in a service industry, the key word being "service." There are thousands of cleaning services, and therefore thousands of competitors. On the surface, many of them appear to offer basically the same thing: trash removal, restroom cleaning, vacuuming, dusting, etc. You may have a superior "product" by having the best training, best equipment, best employees, and best management techniques, but in a competitive market, an extra edge will put you at an advantage. One way to get that edge is by offering additional services that other companies do not offer. Diversifying your services gives you an opportunity to taking advantage of potential sales....
Sales and Use Tax for Cleaning CompaniesWe are all familiar with what sales tax is. You go to the store, restaurant, bowling alley, auto repair shop, wherever, and added on your receipt is that extra chunk of money known as sales tax. Yes, your state government needs to build roads, plow snow, pays its employees, etc. Each state sets its own sales tax rate, and even then, many large cities and counties tack on additional taxes above and beyond the regular state tax. Transportation tax and taxes on food and beverages are common ones. There are five states which charge no sales tax, namely Alaska, Oregon, Montana, New Hampshire, and Delaware....
The New Account Startup! You Got the Job, Now What?You got the call...you got the job! Now what? Where do you begin? You will want to put your plan in action so that you have a step by step map of how to get this account off the ground without a hitch. Start up nights are so important and can go smoothly or can be a nightmare resulting in an unhappy client from day one....
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